Sir Walter Leveson & Debt
Many documents in the Sutherland Papers reflect Sir Walter’s financial problems. By providing details of costs and expenditure, these documents tell us about the type of lifestyle which Sir Walter led ...
Sir Walter Leveson & More Debts
Documents concerning Sir Walter’s debts reflect the financial difficulties which he experienced towards the end of his life and the type of formalities involved in pledging to repay monies which had been ...
Sir Walter Leveson (1550-1602)
Sir Walter Leveson of Lilleshall(1550-1602) was the son of Richard Leveson and his wife Mary Fretton. He married Anne Corbett and was the father of the famous Vice Admiral Sir Richard Leveson.
Sir ...
Sir Walter Leveson and the Case of the Captured Fishing Boats
The Sutherland Papers include a large number of legal papers from the late sixteenth century relating to cases involving Sir Walter Leveson. Many of these documents relate to legal actions brought against ...
Sir Walter Leveson: Prisoner of Fleet Prison
Fleet Prison in London was a notorious debtors prison which housed hundred of debtors and their families during the early seventeenth century. Sir Walter Leveson died in this prison in 1602.
Prisoners ...
Was Sir Walter Guilty?
The Articles of Examination indicate that Sir Walter Leveson was accused of involvement in the seizure of a number of fishing boats. He was also accused of being involved in the sale of the stolen cargo ...
What can Legal Documents tell us about a Court Case?
A number of documents relating to this case concern the ‘Articles of Examination’. These Articles were questions which were formulated by the legal authorities ‘to examine generallie all maner of persons’ ...